Bearing.



W.'J. BREWER.

I 4 BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. 1910.

981,055, Patented Jan. 1.0, 1911.

fifilliam Brewer.

UNITED STATES PTENT OFFICE! WILLIAM J. BREWER, or 'Tnofsr, NE YORK.

BEARING.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VILLIAM J. BREWER, a subject of the King of England,residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bearings, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to shaft bearingsof the type set forthin myallowed application Serial No. 505,539, filed July 2,1909, and theprincipal object of the same is to cheapen the cost of production of thebearing and to simplify the bearing casing shown in said application sothat the bearing may be more readily applied to a box, sleeve or thelike of a shaft.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above, itwill be understood, of course, that the essential features thereof arenecessarily susceptible of changes in details and structuralarrangements, certain simple and practical embodiments of which areshown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a View intransverse section of the improved bearing. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view taken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of one section of the improved casing. Fig. 4 is a viewin side elevation, partly in section, of a modified retainer ring forholding the sections of the casing assembled. Fig. 5 is a view in frontelevation thereof. Fig. 6 is a detail view in elevation of one of thecover plates for the sides of the casing sections.

Referring to said drawings by numerals, 1-2 designate the two sectionsof the bearing casing, said sections being duplicates and forming acylindrical casing when assembled. The sections are formed of suitablemetal pressed or stamped or cast to provide a central circumferentialgroove 3 and a corresponding internal ledge 4, in a manner similar tothat set forth in my application mentioned in the foregoing. The ledge4E provides two channels in the casing for the rollers 5 which aremounted on the axles 6, the axles being journaled in the bosses 7 of thespacer rings 8. Said bosses project outwardly from their rings andprovide means for preventing the axles working loose in the casing. Saidbosses are preferably integral with the rings and may be Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed March 10, 1910.

Patented Jan.

Serial No. 548,386.

formed by a single operation of a suitable stamping machine, or maybecast.

The sections l2 are open at their ends and 'are' each provided withinwardly-projecting flanges-'9 at their edges. The free edges of saidflanges are preferably'beveled and are adapted for engagement withtheperipheral groove 10 that is formed in the thickened periphery ll of thesectional end cover plates 12. Said plates 12 are complementallyrecessed at their meeting edges, as indicated at 13 to form anopening-for the shaft 14: to which the improved bearing is applied.

Sections 12 are detachably held in assembled position by means of a ringthat is formed of two sections I516I" Said ring sections conform to thecontourof the grooves 3 of the casing sections '1 2 and are fitted insaid grooves. The ringsectionshavetheir ends provided with outstandinglaterallyprojectin'g lugs 17 throughwhi-ch bolt openings 18 are formedforthe'reception of the locking bolts 19 which detachably fasten the endlugs of the ring sections together. "Said bolts are threaded, andthe'openings formed through the lugs of one ring section are alsothreaded to permit the pressure of the ring sections to be regulated byadjusting said bolts.

Asis suggested in Figs. 4: and 5, the 111 s 20 of the ring sections 1516are slightly spaced from the ends of their sections, which arrangementprovides a pocket 21 between the adjacent lugs when the ring sectionsare in their casing sections retainlng position. A wear block 22 isseated in each pocket, the fastening bolts obviously passing throughsaid blocks.

It will be clear from the foregoing that the improved bearing may bereadily taken apart, or bodily moved on shaft 14; when necessary ordesirable, and also that the employment of the cover plates for the endsof the casing provides an absolutely dust-proof bearing and one fromwhich the lubricating material cannot escape.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. A bearing comprising complementalcasing sections, sectional detachable means surrounding said sectionsfor holding the same assembled, anti-friction means inclosed by saidsections, and means for sealing the ends of said sections.

2. A bearing comprising complemental casing sections, a sectionalretaining ring adapted to surround said sections to hold the same incylindrical form, anti-friction 7 sections, means for assembling saidsections,

1 sectional cover plates having an interlocking engagement with the endsof said sections, and anti-friction means inclosed by said sections.

5. A bearing comprising a pair of complemental casing sections eachprovided with a circumferential groove, a sectional retainer ringengaging the grooves of said sections, means for fastening the ends ofthe said sectional ring together, and anti-friction means inclosed bysaid casing sections.

6. A bearing comprising a pair of easing sections, each provided with acircumferential groove, a retainer ring section for each groove, saidring sections provided with end lugs, means for detachably fastening thelugs of the ring sections together, and anti-friction means inclosed bysaid casing sections.

7 vA bearing comprising a pair of'complemental open-end casing sections,said sections having their end portions provided with an inwardlyprojecting flange, a sectional closure plate for the end of each sectionprovided with a peripheral groove for the reception of said flanges,means for assembling said sections in cylindrical form, and antifrictionmeans inclosed by said sections.

8. A hearing comprising a sectional casing, spacer rings within saidcasing and disposed at opposite portions thereof, said rings providedwith journal bosses, axles having their ends mounted in said bosses, andanti-friction rollers carried by said axles.

9. A bearing comprising a pair of casing sections each provided with acircumferential groove, a retainer ring section for each groove, saidring sections provided with end lugs, said lugs being complementallyrecessed, a block adapted to be fitted between the recessed lugs of saidring sections, and means for fastening the recessed lugs of one ringsection to the lugs of the other ring section.

10. A bearing comprising a pair of casin sections, a retainer ring forholding said sections assembled, said ring being 111 two sections, andhaving a recessed lug at the ends thereof, bolts for detachablyfastening the lugs of the ring sections, and wear blocks closing thepockets formed by the recesses of said lugs.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

VILLIAM J. BREWER.

Witnesses Mrs. JOSEPH PoDMoRE, Bnssm M. TOLHURST.

